Golf mk.2 16v Won't Start

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Negative Creep

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Friday 20th February 2009
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My Golf just won't start. It turns over fine but just won't fire, all 4 cylinders have a spark, battery is ok and it's getting fuel. Plugs, leads and dizzy have been changed.

Now before it was running but misfiring. RAC man found a split lead and noticed the hall sensor was loose so diagnosed that, but I've changed both of these and now can't get the car started (I didn't try starting it in between changing the leads and dizzy). Now what I'm wondering is did he put the leads back on in the right order? When I changed the dizzy I followed the way the leads were, so if they're already wrong it wouldn't help. Basically, I need to know which one is number 1 cylinder. Also the Haynes book states the arm goes clockwise, but mine goes anti-clockwise?




Is the one with the blue mark (i.e nearest to camera) number one?